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ItsFit Lab popped up within these past two years, I believe (it's highly probable they were around before this, but I don't know their origins). They're in Hanoi? There was some kind of hoopla regarding their using lower grade drivers, but I don't know the details. Soranik has continued to...

Yes, I didn't just mean price. It definitely depends on the manufacturer. But you'd be surprised how many companies get away with cutting costs on QC for FR unit variance. They usually do QC with intermediate steps that don't require as much human labor, such as voice coil wind consistency...

I've seen a lot of variance with Blon units. Every measured FR looks different. Pretty sure at $30-ish they're not doing any QC and shipping them out.

I was a little confused at first as well. But @chickenmoon seems to have the right answer. Personally, I have the PRO as a review unit, and I think it's a pretty good all-arounder that does very little wrong. To me, it's a jack-of-all-trades type of earphone.

All this talk about adhesives and seasons... Personally only interested in one single thing out of new age chi-fi right now, the Nature Sounds NS5 Mk. II. It looks like a massive improvement over the original Dream Bridge.

Yes, that's one of the reasons why I mentioned that it was reasonable. I don't know what the breakup resonance frequency of CNT is, but I'm assuming that ringing is actually due to the coupler rather than the earphonrs themselves. The design of the 711 coupler makes it such that there is high...

Nature Sound is gearing up for an NS-5 Mk II model. Revised housings look less invasive, more comfortable. 10 mm CNT DD, FR looks like it's somewhere between the Harman target and the Etymotic XR target. CSD looks somewhat clean, except for high frequency ringing that looks pretty reasonable.

This uses one of ESS' new codec DACs. There are plenty of codec DACs that work fine, but they've been stigmatized in the audiophile world for various (often unfounded) reasons. http://www.esstech.com/index.php/en/news/newsroom/ess-introduces-suite-usb-codecs-featuring-audiophile-sabre-dacs/

It seems @twiceboss is a self admitted treble head, who would probably be better served by a modded FD01 or Drop FDX1, or by the Hiditon NT6, which does seem to improve on the Ety signature in many ways. Personally I don't find the ProPhile-8 to be an Ety replacement or upgrade, though there are...

In what way is it significantly better? This is the first time I've heard of Aune releasing an In-Ear. Being that Aune is a DAC, amp, and DAP manufacturer, chances are this product is a subcontracted one, so the key is finding out who makes it for them and whether they have the chops to make a...

I have leaned toward smoother treble signatures for the past few years but in general I've been quite treble tolerant (no need to do so, but if you look at my posts from 5 years ago you'll see I had a preference for pretty bright signatures. This is all besides the point though. As long as you...

Glad you're enjoying it. Maybe my standards are a bit too... stringent haha

I think I finally found a way for me to enjoy to the Titan 6. With EPro horn shaped tips (long length, wide diameter with reverse taper at the end) and as deep a fit as possible, I get smoothed out resonance peaks, so the natural timbre of the beryllium driver is brought out, but I don't lose...

Oh absolutely. I'm sure it'd be well worth the development cost. There will be a lot of people interested. It blows my mind to think that many people expect a TOTL dynamic to cost 1800+ these days. But that's just the way things are. Even though I kind of miss the days when they were making $300...

Sorry I don't have the Falcon and the last time I heard it was ages ago. I remember it being on the cooler side but that's about it. I suspect most people will find the Titan 6 warmer and a little bassinet but I really can't make any further comparisons.

I've been playing around with tips, and I find that, just like the Titan 3 and 5, ideal tip selection is crucial with the Titan 6. Dunu's stock tips: they're okay, but not my favorite for comfort. The "balanced" blue tips sound pretty even across the board. Comfort is average. The...

After comparing the Titan 6 with the Titan 1, 3, and 5, it is definitely the most bass focused of the 4 models (5 if you count the low-end 1es). It also has fuller low mids and relatively tame upper mids. There is still a bit of a ~5 kHz resonance peak --- didn't do any sweeps, but just a...

I just got the Titan 6 as well, and Simgot previously sent me the EN700 PRO for review. It's quite a good product overall that does very little wrong (but doesn't stand out especially either). I haven't spent much time with the Titan 6 yet but it does strike me as being more textured in the bass...

The ER4S/SR is definitely a benchmark. Glad you got the SR rather than the XR, because while more people like the XR more, I find the XR has poor, almost textureless bass. It's got the typical bass shortcomings of a single full range vented BA. The SR is just tighter on the whole and allows...

Too quick, my man. Main peaks are at a different point (2k vs 3k), which causes quite dramatic perceptual differences in sound presentation. Also, @darmanastartes plot is not IEC711 compliant. Even with a RECD conversion, it's not directly comparable. There will be high frequency resonance...

I literally just heard them today. Nice indeed. They seem fairly tip dependent, so I haven't had time to go through the gamut of possibilities. It's definitely not got the grain and peak issues of the Titan 3 and 5, but this isn't a spiritual successor to the relatively smooth Titan 1 which was...

These unit prices for these modules don't actually cost that much. Piezoelectric plate drivers are actually relatively easy to make, and they're really not intended for high-fidelity sound, as they will produce bursts of extremely high distortion restricted to certain frequency ranges. Higher...

These coaxial DD + Piezo modules are actually pretty commonplace these days. Not to burst peoples' bubbles, but they've been around for a while.